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What's really neat about doing what you love is that it releases a huge amount of energy, enthusiasm and zest for living. It frees up your creativity and adds a vibrancy to your being that you take with you wherever you go and into whatever you are doing.

Putting your attention and focus on ideas and in areas that capture your imagination sweeps you up and carries you along on a wave of excitement that will power you towards your dreams. What could be more joyous than that?

Doing what you love is much more than a leap in the right direction, it's a vital brick on your road to freedom.

However, because we tend to be so caught up in the pressures and stresses of our everyday life we probably rarely think about what we'd much prefer to be doing with our time and energy. And if we do it is often a only fleeting thought before our dreams become buried beneath a mountain of must do's, obligations and responsibilities until we no longer know they are there.

We can even feel guilty about day dreaming as though it's childish or silly and not something that a seriously grown adult should be doing. But day dreaming has value and can often hold the clues to your creative inner drive.

Ask yourself the following questions to help you unearth your dreams. Become a day dream believer and find out what it is that you would really love to do.

To achieve any goal in life, you must believe you are going to be successful. If you do not, you are likely to fail. For each your goals, in your heart of hearts, do you really believe you will achieve them? If the answer for any of them is no, the following 9 step process will help you to develop this belief and stride forward confidently towards achieving your goal.

1. Be confident that the end result is possible.

Perhaps someone else has already achieved this goal or perhaps they've achieved something similar. Alternatively, you might be clear in your own mind that it can be achieved.

2. Believe that the end result is possible by you.

We often hold limiting beliefs about our own ability to achieve goals. It is important to check out the beliefs that are limiting you, and take time to address these. Your aim is to feel that the goal is not just possible, but possible by you.

What is happiness, anyway? We all have our own definitions. It could be feeling joyful, optimistic, content, or even just truly relaxed. Some may say that happiness is freedom from the kind of strain or unhappiness they used to feel.

Some folks are not even sure happiness is something they have time for. They may think, “It’s enough to just get through my to-do list every day. I don’t have time to pursue happiness on top of everything else.”

And yet, would these same folks insist that they must strain and feel tense to accomplish their goals? Or might they think they can feel peace of mind, content, yes, even happy, and still succeed in getting everything done?

I believe that everyone wants to feel happier - sometimes they just don’t know where to begin. So here are ten sure-fire ways to increase your happiness quotient - and achieve your goals more easily than before!

Miracle Worker

Miracle Worker Boosts Kids Performance

Lynda Sloan-Allen's whole life led up to the job she is doing now, helping children she calls "learning different" find success in school and life.

Her tutoring and test-prep business, Make Your Mark in Life on Beachland Blvd., caters to a range of students from preschool children to adults returning to academia after years away. But kids struggling to learn and do well in elementary, middle and high school are her special focus.

The business was founded as Make Your Mark Learning Center on Royal Palm Pointe in 2000 by Vero Beach educators Jonathan and Michelle Sternberg. Allen joined the company as a tutor and manager in 2007 and bought the business in January 2010.

Since she took over, the test-prep side has diminished while tutoring of special needs children has increased.